I think the group here needs some guidance from you. How much money are you looking to spend or is in your budget? Any particular features that stand out you really want or need? Diesel? Gasoline? Horsepower you are after? Cab or no cab? How many hours per year are you looking to put on the tractor? Used or new? If used, how old of a model year are you willing to go back to? Are you in the "snow belt" where snow removal is going to be a part of your life to contend with? How about the attachments you may want? You mentioned a post hole auger, a brush hog, and front end loader. Any others you want or will likely want in the near future? Compact utility tractor, utility tractor, or row crop? What type of ground drive transmission - fixed gear drive, power shift, or hydrostatic? A fixer upper or something that is ready to work and will take care of you and your needs for many years?
I will share my own experience. Some years ago when I purchased my first place in the country, I had a couple older tractors. They suited my needs for the most part, but fell short in the interest of snow removal. A year later I purchased a 65 horsepower (656 Farmall) with a New Idea loader. The tractor was kind of tired, and the loader was barely adequate, but I got by for 10 years with it. I did not have to stick a bunch of money into that tractor in the years I had it either. It fit my budget for that time, until I could upgrade to something better. I managed to get a decent trade in allowance on it when I traded it in for the machine I have now. I upgraded a couple years ago to a really nice, low hour IH 86 Hydro with a Westendorf loader. It was more money than I wanted to spend, but the loader was like new, the tractor in nice shape, and ultimately I have not regretted spending a little more on something decent. It has always been where I tried to skimp, is where I regretted it in the end. I also opted for a 7 foot wide snow blower on the 3 point hitch. I have a really good, dependable tractor which is the perfect machine on the snow blower. The hydrostatic drive seemed to be in very good shape. I don't want to have to tear into that anytime soon, but it looks as if it should be a good tractor for a long time.
Sorry for the lengthy and vague response, but as you will probably find, there is a wide range out there on the open market. You could buy a 50 year old gasoline powered row crop farm tractor rated around 60 or 70 horsepower, and will probably cost you between $4000 and $6000. You could move up to something 35 years old and probably spend twice that amount. You could go for something new or close to brand new and spend the likes of $50,000, or perhaps more. I had looked for about a year and a half before I bought my 86 Hydro. I was amazed at what "junk" was bringing in terms of price when I was shopping for something different. I also do not like to trade very often. My only complaint I have with my Hydro is there is no cab. That is NOT a deal breaker because I spend a lot less time out there moving snow with the snow blower, as compared to pushing and shoving it around with a front end loader before.
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